# Massachusetts S 3200: An Act promoting transparency and public access in state government

Massachusetts S 3200, An Act promoting transparency and public access in state government, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Senate Committee on Ways and Means; status passed senate, last action 2026-07-30 (See H5469) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 3200
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act promoting transparency and public access in state government
- Status: passed senate
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-07-23
- Last action: 2026-07-30, See H5469
- Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Senate Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

## Actions (25)

- 2026-07-30: See H5469 (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Substituted, as amended, for H5469 (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Reprinted, as amended, see S3244 (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Amendment #23 (Rodrigues) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Amendment #1 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Amendment #25 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Amendment #24 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Amendment #18 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #216 (Yeas 6 to Nays 33) (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Amendment #22 (Dooner) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Amendment #20 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Amendment #19 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Amendment #17 (Rausch) adopted -see Roll Call #215 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0) (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Amendment #11 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Amendment #10 (Tarr) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Amendment #9 (Keenan) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Amendment #8 (Keenan) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Amendment #7 (Keenan) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Amendment #6 (Keenan) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Amendment #5 (Keenan) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Amendment #3 (Keenan) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-30: Amendment #2 (Keenan) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-07-23: Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, July 30, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-07-23: Order relative to subject matter adopted (Senate)
- 2026-07-23: Recommended new text for H5469 (Senate)
- 2026-07-23: Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3200.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house)
- H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3200.pdf)

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- [H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5515-194)
- [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194)
- [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
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